OHSU develops instant, computerized notification system to communicate patients' end-of-life wishes
...ders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) form or the patient has an advanced directive. "In light of na...be followed?'" said Susan Tolle, M.D., director of the OHSU Center for Ethics in Health Care. "They are pleased to learn that their advance directive or PO...UPenn receives 2005 Templeton Research Lectures Grant
...hia-based Metanexus Institute announced today that the University of Pennsylvania is the recipient of a 2005 Templeton Research Lecture Grant. This three-year $270,000 grant promotes the co...... ask questions and discuss innovative science with the experts. WHAT: Members of the press are cordially invited to meet with the speakers from AACR's Annual Meeting opening plenary ses...Liver may be source of 'good' cholesterol
...INSTON-SALEM, N.C. Research in mice suggests that the liver may produce most of the body's "good" cholesterol, an unexpected finding that might one day help scientists develop new trea...Data show cyclosporine inhalation solution improves long-term survival in lung-transplant patients
Data presented for the first time today at the 25th Annual Meeting and Scientific Session of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplan...OHSU scientist helping explain basis of psychotic behavior
... other psychotic disorders are "supersensitive" to the powerful neurotransmitter dopamine. David Grandy, ...hored a study appearing recently in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that found a link between dopamine supersensitivity and increased level...Neurology Now magazine launches at AAN meeting
...d to a press conference introducing Neurology Now, the American Academy of Neurology's new magazine for p...s and caregivers. It will officially launch during the AAN 57th Annual Meeting held in Miami Beach, Fla., April 9 16. When: Monday, April 11, 2:00 3:00...Breakthrough in national diseases
A common gene variant has been identified as the risk factor behind a number of common diseases by research scientists at Karolinska Institutet and the Centre for Molecular Medicine (CMM), Stockholm, Sweden. Up to a quarter of the population could be a...About 70 percent of older adults use alternative medicine
...his appears to be a higher rate than occurs within the general population, said Gong-Soog Hong, co-author of the study and professor of consumer sciences at Ohio State University. This study found that 71 percent ...Soy and fish oil may help prevent heart attacks
...diac function and protect against heart attacks in the short-term. Study results published in the April issue of CHEST, the peer-reviewed journal of the American College of Chest Physicians, are the...Certain weight control behaviors may precipitate obesity among adolescent girls
... prevalence of adolescent obesity has doubled over the last 30 years and can lead to serious medical prob... weight problem. These findings are reported on in the April issue of the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, published by the American Psycholo...Higher education representatives advise chemistry faculty candidates on how to apply for positions
...of universities and colleges. According to C&EN , the weekly newsmagazine published by the American Chemical Society, the worlds largest scientific society, college representatives tell candi...Children's Hospital, Oakland's Dr. Barbara Staggers wins prestigious award
...ital & Research Center at Oakland, will be awarded the Peter E. Haas Public Service Award, one of the most prestigious honors given by the University of California, Berkeley. The award recognizes an al...Fifteen-year hunt uncovers gene behind 'pseudothalidomide' syndrome
A team of scientists from Colombia, the United States and elsewhere has successfully completed a 15-year-plus search for the genetic problems behind the very rare Roberts syndrome, whose physical manifestations often include ...Two drugs combined more cost-effective safer for managing arthritis in high-risk patients
Amid the recent controversy and confusion over serious side...who traditionally may have used a drug like Vioxx, the most cost-effective and safest treatment is actually a common painkiller combined with an acid-reduc...Painless test using teardrops may speed diagnosis of Sjgren's syndrome
...est, which analyzes multiple protein biomarkers in the tears using highly sensitive mass spectrometry, shows promise in early clinical studies as the first simple test for identifying the disease, the scientists say. Sjgrens affects between 1 million...Case finds dental patients agreeable to tobacco interventions
...nudge to stop using tobacco products, according to the findings of survey conducted at the Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine. Robert Lewis, a second-year dental stude...Blood test can accurately diagnose heart failure in emergency patients
...ar marker of cardiac distress can markedly improve the ability to diagnose or exclude congestive heart fa...rd clinical evaluation. The report will appear in the April 15 issue of the American Journal of Cardiology and has been released online prior to print pub...Tissue engineering experts discuss orthopaedics applications
...he symposium, sponsored by Wake Forest Baptist and the International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine, was part of the society's annual conference. Tissue engineering experts from Wake Forest Baptist, Children's Hospita...CORVALLIS, Ore. - Researchers from the College of Forestry at Oregon State University hav...dhesives that may revolutionize a large portion of the wood products industry, and have important environmental and economic benefits. The discovery has al...